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Debra Titone, Ph.D., Lab Director

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2014 - now Professor, Canada Research Chair in Language & Multilingualism, Department of Psychology, McGill University
2021 - 2023 Associate Vice Principal Research, McGill University
2011 - 2023 Member, Executive Board & Axis Leader, Centre for Research on Brain, Language & Music, McGill University/UQAM/Concordia University/University of Montréal
2018 – now Associate Member, School for Communication Sciences & Disorders, McGill University
2016 - now Co-founder, Women in Cognitive Science - Canada, NSERC/CSBBCS funded
2013 - now Officer, Women in Cognitive Science, NSF funded
2007 - now Associate Member, International Laboratory for Brain, Music & Sound Research (BRAMS), McGill University/University of Montréal
2009 - 2023 Member, NSERC-Create Training Network in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience, Complex Dynamics
2006 - 2014 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, McGill University
2002 - 2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, McGill University

2019 - 2026 Canada Research Chair in Language & Multilingualism, Tier 1, SSHRC
2019 Richard C. Tees Distinguished Leadership Award, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, & Cognitive Science (CSBBCS)
2019 Fellow of the Society (appointed), Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, & Cognitive Science (CSBBCS)
2018 Executive Service Award, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, & Cognitive Science (CSBBCS)
2017 Feminist Mentoring Award, Section on Women & Psychology, Canadian Psychological Society
2003 - 2013 Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience of Language and Memory, Tier 2, CIHR
2012 Women in Cognitive Science Mentorship Award, Minneapolis, MN ($2400)
2009 Visiting Scholar Award, ESRC Research Centre on Bilingualism, Bangor University, Wales, UK ($3000)
2007, 2009 Departmental Nominee, Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Associate Professor Level, Department of Psychology, McGill University
2005, 2006 Departmental Nominee, Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Assistant Professor Level, Department of Psychology, McGill University
2005 Nominated for Derrick and Thomson Awards for Excellence in Graduate Supervision, Department of Psychology, McGill University
2002 Member/Fellow, Psychonomic Society
2001 Fellow, Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience, Dartmouth College
1999 Young Investigator Award, International Congress on Schizophrenia Research
1995 Dissertation Research Award, American Psychological Association

2021 - 2026 Editor, Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology
2018 – 2021 Associate Editor, Journal of Experimental Psychology - General
2018 – 2022 Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, APA
2016 – 2019 Editorial Board, Bilingualism: Language & Cognition, Cambridge University Press
2015 – now Editorial Board, The Mental Lexicon, John Benjamins
as of Jan 2020 Editorial Board, Psychological Science, APS

1998 - 1999 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital
1995 - 1997 Postdoctoral Fellow, Brandeis University, Volen National Center for Complex Systems
1989 - 1995 Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, Cognitive, State University of New York, Binghamton
1985 - 1989 B.A., with Honors in Psychology, New York University

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